That Was a Hit!?!: Herb Alpert, 'This Guy's In Love With You' And 'Rise'
Our series That Was a Hit?!? is all about improbable chart success -- generally, of a single song that unexpectedly rose to the top. Today, music writer Chris Molanphy joins us to talk about trumpeter...
View ArticleHerb Alpert: 'What's Beautiful About Music Is It's Personal'
Herb Alpert has worn many hats throughout his long career in the music business: songwriter, trumpeter, bandleader, record label founder and producer. He won his first Grammy Award in 1965 -- and he...
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Herb Alpert
When Herb Alpert started playing trumpet with his band Tijuana Brass, Woody Allen and George Carlin were the opening acts. In 1966, The Brass outsold The Beatles. Alpert went on to co-found A&M...
View ArticleHerb Alpert & Dirty Art
Kurt Andersen talks with the legendary trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert, whose Tijuana Brass gave the 1960s its swing. The novelist Lionel Shriver writes a comedy with terrorism in the background...
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If you ever watched The Dating Game, you know his music — and now you can’t get it out of your head. After a half-century in the music business, legendary bandleader, trumpeter, and producer Herb...
View ArticleChris Rock and Herb Alpert
Chris Rock is one of the greatest comic talents in the world, but when he arrived on Broadway to perform his first play, The Motherf***ker in The Hat, he did not yet know how to properly cross a...
View ArticleLinda Ronstadt, Herb Alpert, & James McBride
Linda Ronstadt’s career spanned decades and musical styles from country-rock to operetta. Parkinson’s disease has taken away her ability to sing, but she explains that she’s not ready to leave music...
View ArticleHerb Alpert Isn’t Complaining
If you ever watched The Dating Game, you know his music — and now you can’t get it out of your head. After a half-century in the music business, legendary bandleader, trumpeter, and producer Herb...
View ArticleSongwriting with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall
Herb Alpert is a world renowned musician, composer, producer, and co-founder of A&M Records, the largest independent record label in history. He rose to fame with the Tijuana Brass and is the only...
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